Articles Tagged: attempted murder

A Linn County jury found a Cedar Rapids man guilty of 13 charges for pointing, and aiming a shotgun at two police officers in July 2022. He faces up to 83 years in prison.

A Cedar Rapids man who led police on a high speed chase and then pointed a shotgun at two officers last year revealed details of the night that he told police he couldn’t remember. He also told a jury that his plan was to have police kill him.

A man on trial this week for pointing a shotgun at officers and discharging the gun, told an investigator he had no memory of leading them on high speed chase or being shot.

Antonio Juarez-Luna, 15, is accused of shooting a 17-year-old he was playing basketball with at Hanna Park on Aug. 5.

Two Cedar Rapids police officers testified Thursday about being forced to shoot Brandon Nelson, who had led officers on a high-speed chase, and then pointed a shotgun at them when he stopped and got out of his vehicle.

A Cedar Rapids police officer said Brandon Nelson, on trial this week for attempted murder and 12 other charges, came at him head-on during a high speed chase last year. Two officers will testify this week that Nelson also racked and pointed a shotgun at them when he finally stopped.

A jury convicted an Iowa City woman who helped her son escape prosecution for robbing and attempting to kill a woman in 2022. Lima faces up to 5 years in prison.

A lawyer of a man accused of attempted murder and robbery, testified Wednesday that his client’s mother was well aware of his bail conditions and the seriousness of the charges. Investigators say she misled them in their investigation to find her son.

An investigator testifies mother of man charged with attempted murder, robbery mislead police about his whereabouts, helping him escape the country.

A Coralville man has been charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting in Iowa City on July 4, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.

An Iowa City man, who is accused of attacking, choking and robbing a woman on UI campus last year, remains a international fugitive after cutting off his ankle monitor last month and fleeing to Jordan.

A Hiawatha man was convicted of lesser charges for shooting at his ex-girlfriend, who was in her SUV with their 5-year-old son.

A woman testified her ex-boyfriend and father of her child started threatening and intimidating her before he fired multiple shots at her vehicle. One of the bullets struck the backseat window, where their child was sitting.

A criminal complaint for Lima Khairi Mohammad Younes, 45, of Sutherland, Iowa, reveals how she and her husband, Alfred Younes, sold one of their vehicles for $20,000 on May 3 and then rented a Chrysler Pacifica to take their son, Ali Younes, charged with attempted murder, first-degree robbery and first-degree theft, to O’Hare Airport in Chicago

Iowa City man, charged with attempted murder and robbery, fled to Jordan after cutting off GPS monitor over the weekend. His parents have been charged with aiding in the escape.